diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b07b27a..2d2c55d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Do i need to do anything here, actually, or is json fine?
 
 ### Putting data in pinboard
 So far i've done nothing.
-- [ ] Get regular auth to work
+- [X] Get auth token to work
+  - Finally got this to work; I had a fundamental mistunderstanding of what pinboard meant by "method" in the URL.
+- [X] Figure out how to pull existing posts
 - [ ] Figure out how to post an item to my feed as public
 - [ ] Figure out how to post an item to my feed as private
 - [ ] Enable a conditional; NSFW items get posted as private, regular items as public.
diff --git a/pinboard.py b/pinboard.py
index a12c5b9..dcf6f04 100644
--- a/pinboard.py
+++ b/pinboard.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import requests
 import os
+import pysnooper
 
 pinboard_token = os.environ.get("PINBOARD_TOKEN")
-pinboard_user = os.environ.get("PINBOARD_USER")
-pinboard_password = os.environ.get("PINBOARD_PASSWORDD")
-pinboard_url = f"https://{pinboard_user}:{pinboard_password}api.pinboard.in/v1"
+pinboard_base_url = "https://api.pinboard.in/v1/"
 
-requests.get(pinboard_url)
+def get_all_posts():
+    posts = f"posts/all?auth_token={pinboard_token}"
+    pinboard_url = pinboard_base_url + posts
 
+    return requests.get(pinboard_url)
+